Parent Overview Year 1
Please find below our Parent Overview detailing what our children in Year 1 are learning this week.
Date w/c 16/03/2026
| Curriculum area | We are learning to… |
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Literacy
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This week in literacy we will be linking history into our lessons and learning about Rosa Parks and Emily Davison. We will learn about Rosa Park’s story and how she became a significant person in history. We will retell her story through role play/freeze frames sequencing the day Rosa refused to give up her seat on the Montgomery bus. We will then ask questions about her life and sort true or false facts. Lastly the children will create a poster about Rosa Parks and recording the different facts they have learnt using a heading, caption and labels. We will then focus on Emily Davison and her campaign for equal rights for women. We will then compare Rosa Parks and Emily Davison and the impact they had on history and equal rights. |
| Maths |
This week in maths we will be exploring the composition of numbers including multiples of ten up to one hundred. We will explore adding and subtracting ten to a multiple of ten to give the next or previous multiple of ten. We are going to use our known facts for the numbers within ten to add and subtract in multiples of ten by unitising. |
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Phonics and Handwriting |
Phonics: This week we will be revising the sounds oo, er and au. Handwriting: Descenders: f j g |
| Wider Curriculum |
Science - To identify the signs of Spring and observe changes from Winter to Spring. RSHE – To be able to discuss different jobs they know and what they entail and to talk about some of the strengths and interests someone might need to do those different jobs. RE – To discuss the ideas and values of Christianity through the Easter Story. PE –Outdoor: The focus of learning is to work in a team and apply the underarm throw in a competitive situation. Indoor: The class will explore movements and balances in a narrow way on the floor and on apparatus Art: To describe what I see and like in the work of another artist. Pablo Picasso |
| Other Information |
Friday 20th March - Comic Relief - normal uniform - Crazy Hair! Creativity week exhibition Friday 27th March |
Please note this is a basic overview of the planning for this week. It is impossible to cover in this outline all the learning that takes place during a week! We also believe in listening to your children and responding to their interests and ideas therefore all our planning is flexible. Please note some of the learning will take place across more than one week and during some weeks the learning focus may not cover all curriculum areas.